Improvement in oil-cans



u. N. & A. s. PERKINS.

' Oil-Cans.

No.l53,604. I Patentedluly28,1874.

THE GRAPHIC CQFHOTO-LXTHJSSUH PARK FLACE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORSON N. PERKINS AND ALBERT S. PERKINS, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNORS TO EDWARD MILLER & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,604, dated July 28,1874; application filed April 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ORSON N. PERKINS and ALBERT S. PERKINS, of Meriden,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Oil-Cans; and we do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection With the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1 a side view, Fig. 2 a top view, and in Fig. 3 a verticalcentral section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of oil-cansdesigned for pouring oil into the lamp, and for like purposes; theobject being to construct a cut-ofl' for the filling or pouring tubethat it may be closed when not in use, and easily opened when occasionrequires; and the invention consists in combining with the pouringspouta rotating hollow plug with an opening in line of said spout, so thatwhen turned to bring the said opening to the spout the exit will beopen, but turned away the exit will be closed, and further combined withan arm for turning said plug, which also forms a valve forcorrespondingly opening or closing the vent, as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

A is the can, of common construction, the top or mouth closed by a cap,B, or other suitable cover. 0 is a tube, vertical or nearly so, andpreferably slightly conical. This tube opens into the can, as seen inFig. 3. D is the pouring-spout, opening into the tube C. Within the tube0 is fitted a hollow plug, E, with an opening, a, at one side in annularline with the intersecting end of the tube I), so that when the plug Eis turned to bring the opening at opposite the tube D communication willbe opened, so that by tilting the can the contents will flow out throughthe spout, but when turned to take the opening a from the spout the flowwill be cut off. To thus turn the plug E, I attach to its upper end alever, F, and that a vent may be opened to the can at the sametime thespout is opened, I extend this lever F over the cap B, in which is asmall opening, d, and over which the lever lies, as in Figs. 2 and 3,when the spout is closed, thus closing the vent d, but turned away toopen the spout, as denoted in broken lines, Fig. 2, the spout and ventare both opened. The lever, possessing some degree of elasticity, servesas a spring to hold the plug up in its tube.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the tube 0, hollowrotating plug E with its opening a, and the stationary pouring-spout D,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the tube 0, hollow plug E with its opening a, thepouring-spout D, lever F, and vent d, all substantially as described.

0. N. PERKINS. ALBERT S. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

BENJN. O. KINNARD, F. S. WILLIAMS.

